The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-02
Orange County.
Bradford.

IT is reported that the shirt manufactures
of Rutland is talking of locating in this
place and operating a factory employing
from one hundred to one hundred fifty
hands if $4,000 worth of the company's
stock is taken by our citizens, which now
seems likely to be done. - A musical
convention opens here Tuesday, the 10Th,
closing with grand concert Friday even
ing conducted by Mr. Blaisdell of Concord,
- An order for $4,000 insurance on the
life of Phineas Chamberin has been paid to
his widow in little less than thirty days
after proof of death and identity This
shows the promptness with which the Royal
Arcanum settles its death claims. -
About one hundred tickets were sold from
this station last week for the Boston eXcur-
sion. 60 The old Bradford Masonic Coun-
ell, No. IL, was revived October 14th and
six new members taken in. - b. M.
Weld has gone to Austin, Texas, to teach
in university, and Mrs. Weld and children
have gone 20 Groton. - Mrs. Mary f..
Bean has gone to indianapolis, Ind. to care
for her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Van Diense,
who is very sick. - 7 Willard IL; Chi ia
place of John j. Rennie, who resigns to go
to Minnesota to live.
Braintree.
ABBIE NJ. HUTCHINSON died of consunp-
ton October 25th. aged nineteen years.
Her funeral was held Thursday, Rev. Mr..
Peters officiating Hugh Thresher and
daughter of Mortified attended the funeral
- Appollus Sharpe, eighty-four years
of age, has gone to Boston TO visit his son
William. This is his first visit to that city
- There is to be another meeting at the
Peth school-house next Saturday night at
seven o'clock. - Mr.. Durham of Bethel
| is supplying the church at present on Brain
tree Hill. - DIR. Frank Pierce and wife
are in town visiting friends. = John Il.
Woodward, who has been studying viii
| DIR. Bailey, goes to Burlington this week ia
take his second course of lectures. -
| Jennie Godfrey closed a successful eigh
weeks term of school in the Peth distric
last Friday. Her scholars presented hel
with a toilet-case. - Mrs. Matilda
Beman, accompanied by Fred Williams o
Brooktield, left Tuesday for her home il
Des Mones, Iowa. - c. L. Palmer ant
wife 90 this week to Newport, n. H., to re
side. - Mrs. A. NJ. Sherman is going t.
Salem, Mass, to spend the winter.
Brookfield.
VERMONT CENTRAL POMONA GRANGE helC
its annual meeting with BroOktield Grang'
last Wednesday, Worthy Master William
presiding. In the afternoon Rev. !. I
Booth of Mortified addressed the audienc
upon " The Relation the Farmer Sustains T.
the Prosperity of the Nation" which re
vealed many truths. He said some OF tn
young-far too many-were looking for
higher position than that of the farmer, bu
he thought there was no better place thai
the home of the farmer. He was willing Il
acknowledge that he--as well as others o
any professon-reCeived his support fror
the farmer. He would be glad to see bette
agricultural schools established Throughout
the country. The poor should be better az
quainted with the schools. lie advised on
farmers to educate themselves-not in Lati
and Greek, but as to the secrets OF tn
farmland to teach their daughters to pla
the piano, and at the same time to use I'll
mon and the dish-cloth. Intemperance, h
J said, was making us poorer; increase ten
perance and you increase the wealth OF til
: country. He thought our farmers ha
trusted their business too much to other
1t did not take the best taker, but III
greatest amount of common sense, To do u
most good. He wondered that more farm
ers did not join the Grange, as it supplied
great need. The lecture was well receive
by all present. These officers were electe.
@ Master, H. A. Il. Richardson; overseer,
Q A. Flint; lecturer, Presby Hopkins; steN
I. ard, ID. ID. Howe; assistant steward, W.
Z Bacon; chaplain, Joseph Gould; treasure
: III. ID. Abbott; secretary, H. p. Abbot
Il n. A. Kelley; Flora, Miss Marcia Libb
h Ceres, Mrs. Salmon Williams; lady assistar
r Mrs. Althea Bacon; executive commute
G.. Peck, w, Brown and III. Il. Abbot
60 Peck, Clark q Co. are filling the
coal-bns, drawing IL from Northtield. Sol
think that next year they will get 1t at Ia
Brookhed. 49, Henry Fullham is ste
ping in town for a few days. -= Mr.. a
j. Mrs. A. l.. Follansbee returned from thu
t. western trip last week. - H. l., Sla
Vt and wife of Norwich visited at ID. a. Mors